Beating randomness with strategy

Think twice before sharing with potential opponents: A recent study has identified tips to win rock-paper-scissors. In a laboratory experiment, computer scientists at Zhejiang University in China observed cyclic motions during the traditionally random two-person game of gestures. The findings are summarized in four strategy recommendations outlined in a Vox article.

The scenario many of us learned in school is that two X chromosomes make someone female, and an X and a Y chromosome make someone male. These are simplistic ways of thinking about what is scientifically very complex.